>>82394167
Realistically, the only way forward for humanity is probably some degree of eugenics. It sucks but that's how it is. If we don't "need" so many people, then we need to start selecting for certain genetics. Intelligence, compassion, creativity, et cetera. Personality and intelligence are as genetically loaded as physical appearance. Our old ways of viewing the world, entire concepts like tabula rasa and liberty need rethinking. You and I probably won't have our genetic lines continue, but does that REALLY matter?
Of course, the people in charge are already putting this in motion. The issue is that it's not benevolent lovers of mankind, it's psychopathic tech elites and financial elites conspiring against and with each other in equal measure to create a slave caste instead of a heightened species.